DittoCondolences to the injured, and the family of the deceased.
Yes Baldwin is an ASS of epic proportions.
DittoCondolences to the injured, and the family of the deceased.
Welp, I guess now he knowsConsidering he's a complete and total nutcase, I wouldn't be surprised if it was intentional.
Yeah, why was he pointing a gun at someone other than another actor if he wasn't acting like the idiot that he is? It's all fun and games until you put somebody's eye out, or kill them.I bet he was screwing around and joking. How else do you hit two off screen people?
And how the hell do you do it twice? And will he be held accountable? So many unanswered questions, but I can’t imagine how the second victim could be considered an accident.Could we have a show of hands
If there was no chamber failure or other explosion, how many expect Baldwin to take responsibility for lack of safe handling/muzzle discipline?
How many expect him to blame the gun?
Same bullet?And how the hell do you do it twice? And will he be held accountable? So many unanswered questions, but I can’t imagine how the second victim could be considered an accident.
and as an absolute darling of the left, the dems, and the never-trumpers, how many expect him to be anything but immediately forgiven and/or exonerated, supported and counseled, and in the lefties’ pretzel logic, ultimately rewarded?Could we have a show of hands
If there was no chamber failure or other explosion, how many expect Baldwin to take responsibility for lack of safe handling/muzzle discipline?
How many expect him to blame the gun?
I know its a gun forum so everyone wants to focus on what came out of the gun and why but there is zero reason that the director and director of photography should ever be anywhere near where the gun is ever pointed. If rehearsal than he never should have had a hot weapon. My guess is that they were discussing the way he held or pointed the gun and instead of taking the gun from Baldwin the Armors let him keep it for the discussion and he accidently pulled the trigger.I bet he was screwing around and joking. How else do you hit two off screen people?
I've pulled a trigger tens of thousands of times but never by accident. My brain, my finger, when it happens it's my responsibility, not an accident.I know its a gun forum so everyone wants to focus on what came out of the gun and why but there is zero reason that the director and director of photography should ever be anywhere near where the gun is ever pointed. If rehearsal than he never should have had a hot weapon. My guess is that they were discussing the way he held or pointed the gun and instead of taking the gun from Baldwin the Armors let him keep it for the discussion and he accidently pulled the trigger.
I am not sure how that affects the thousands of ND's every year by other people or this thing. I am not absolving Baldwin of wrondoing only trying to explain what may have happened based on my knowledge of film sets.I've pulled a trigger tens of thousands of times but never by accident. My brain, my finger, when it happens it's my responsibility, not an accident.
Looks to be a old western style production, perhaps the set armorer just used a SAA clone with 45 blanks. Problem is, (as happened with Brandon Lee death) they want to see "real bullets in chambers" for close up shots. So some dumb*** just pulls bullet & dumps powder, thereby creating a squib. Then as Murphy would have it, someone inevitably shoots the squib & lodges a real bullet in the barrel. Load up some full power blanks and viola, recipe for disaster... And yes, Baldwin is a flaming hypocrite espousing all this anti-gun crap whilst making millions on shoot'em-up movies, but does that surprise anyone? Par for the course these days
I bet he was screwing around and joking. How else do you hit two off screen people?
John Eric Hexim, on the set of an 80's show, put the gun to his own head and pulled the trigger, was saying he was bored, mimicking what a lot of people have done, just with a real gun, and real blanks..As an aside, Gerald McRaney (massive pro-gun star) once demonstrated how powerful blanks are by shooting a lock off a prop box, on set.....every one was stunned, not realizing how much power there is in a blankSomebody probably needs to go to jail for bringing live ammo on set. And/or even using real guns vs prop guns that can only fire blanks and not chamber real ammo.
And speaking of (lets go) Brandon, Wasnt there another actor that was killed by an actual blank round? I'm remembering one actor that was goofing around with a blank firing gun and while goofing around he placed the muzzle firmly against his head and pulled the trigger. But unfortunately the concussion was enough to send a piece of his skull into his brain, and he later died. But I cant remember who it was.